Clothing, teeth of 41-year-old murder victim found in trash can at Winston-Salem home

'She said that she saw blood and teeth on the kitchen floor; he was breathing so loudly that it sounded like it he was using an oxygen machine'

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WEBVTT 17-YEAR-OLD TYLER WAS CRITICALLY HURT. KENNY: ALSO NEW AT 4:00, DISTURBING NEW DETAILS ABOUT A HOMICIDE IN WINSTON-SALEM. SEARCH WARRANTS REVEAL A MAN WAS SEVERELY BEATEN BEFORE HE WAS WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET AND THROWN IN A DUMPSTER. 41-YEAR-OLD CURTIS FARROW WAS FOUND DEAD IN JANUARY ON IVY AVENUE. THE SEARCH WARRANTS SAY MULTIPLE MEN BEAT HIM INSIDE A HOME ON BERTHA STREET. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. ONE OF THEM, A WOMAN, SAYS SHE SAW BLOOD AND TEETH ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR. WITH

Search warrants are revealing grisly details about a man who was murdered before his body was thrown in a Winston-Salem dumpster.On Jan. 20, Winston-Salem police responded to the 2900 block of Ivy Avenue after a woman found a human body in a dumpster. Through tattoos and fingerprints, police were able to identify the victim as Curtis Farrow, 41. According to the warrants, Farrow had a sheet around him with his feet sticking out. Farrow was wearing a sock on one foot with no shirt.On Jan. 21, police spoke to Farrow's sister, Anisha Cox, 32, who reportedly told police that a woman named Jennifer contacted the family and said that she was present when several individuals assaulted Farrow. Cox said Jennifer told the family that Farrow's clothes and teeth were inside a garbage can at a home near the 1900 block of Bertha Street and there was blood inside the home.Detectives went to the home, where they spoke to Jennifer Lynn Henderson, 34, and she agreed to speak with detectives at the police department, warrants say. Detectives also spoke to a man, identified as Kenneth Ray Mayo, 66, who, according to police, confirmed that the assault of Farrow took place inside the home and blood was still in the rooms in the rear of the residence. Mayo also agreed to speak with police at the department, reports say.Warrants say Henderson reported that she was at the Bertha Street home when Farrow left the residence with Edward Maurice Nelson Jr., 31, and other individuals with the purpose of purchasing "Molly," a form of ecstasy. Nelson is also known as “Reese.”Henderson said they returned a short time later and Nelson told her not to come out of the bedroom. Warrants say Henderson could hear individuals in the residence arguing with Farrow because Farrow had taken them to a vacant home to purchase "Molly." Henderson stated that the individuals were arguing with Farrow because they thought that he had tried to set them up for a robbery, warrants say.According to court documents, Henderson heard Nelson tell Farrow that he had 30 minutes to pick one member of Nelson's crew to "shoot the ones with," meaning a one-on-one fight, or they would all jump on Farrow.The warrants add that a period of time later, Henderson heard running and people yelling. She then heard something hit the wall and she could hear someone being punched and slapped. Henderson stated that at one point, she heard Farrow yell: "Please don't kill me Reese. Please don't kill me." Henderson said that she heard Nelson tell Farrow that he told him, again, to pick one person to "shoot the ones with." Henderson stated that Farrow ran out of the home, but he was chased down by the suspects. They took him back into the residence and "she heard a final smack," warrants say. Henderson said she heard them say that Farrow "was out" and they took him to the back room to "sleep it off," according to warrants.Henderson told detectives she eventually came out of the bedroom and everyone was drinking and smoking marijuana. Henderson, according to warrants, said she asked Nelson if he was going to kill Farrow and Nelson reportedly replied: "Do you think I would do something like that?" Henderson said that everyone left the home later and it was just Mayo, Farrow, and her still there. She said she saw blood and teeth on the kitchen floor. Henderson stated that Farrow was lying down in the back room and that he was breathing so loudly that it sounded like it he was using an oxygen machine, warrants say.Court documents report around 5 a.m. on Jan. 20, Quincy Devorice Valentine, 28, and Rasean Terreze Hall, 27, came back to the residence. Henderson stated they told Mayo and her to go to the bedroom and shut the door because they were going to cook. Documents say "cook" was referring to "cooking powder cocaine into crack cocaine." Henderson reportedly said she heard someone getting smacked, followed by someone saying "Get the up," and later tires spinning in a gravel driveway. Henderson said she exited the bedroom and noted that Valentine, Hall, and Farrow were all gone from the residence.Approximately 30 minutes later, Hall and Valentine came back to the home, but Farrow was no longer with them. They told Henderson they took Farrow to another home to get cleaned up, the warrants read.Henderson said that she and Mayo were told to clean up the blood in the home. Henderson stated that she purposely did not clean several areas of blood so that there would be evidence at a later date, warrants say.Mayo was also interviewed by detectives and gave similar facts as Henderson did, even though he was kept in a different bedroom during the incident, warrants say. Mayo reportedly told police that during the assault, he opened the bedroom door and saw all of the suspects assaulting Farrow.Warrants say Henderson later told detectives that there were at least six other individuals inside the home while Farrow was being assaulted. The only ones that she was certain that were present were Nelson, Valentine, and Hall.On Jan. 25, Valentine was arrested at the 1000 block of Hutton Street. Warrants say a cellphone was also seized, and that Valentine told police that he knew of Farrow but didn't know anything about the murder. Valentine stated that he was at the home on Bertha Street on Friday, the night of the assault, warrants say.On Feb. 27, Nelson was arrested at a home on the 1000 block of Hutton Street. An interview was requested with him, but he did not wish to speak with detectives, police allege.On April 2, Hall was arrested at a home on the 1900 block of Flatrock Street. An interview was attempted, but after he consulted with his attorney, he did not make a statement.All three men have been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy and first-degree kidnapping. Hall and Valentine were also charged with concealment of a death.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

Search warrants are revealing grisly details about a man who was murdered before his body was thrown in a Winston-Salem dumpster.

On Jan. 20, Winston-Salem police responded to the 2900 block of Ivy Avenue after a woman found a human body in a dumpster. Through tattoos and fingerprints, police were able to identify the victim as Curtis Farrow, 41. According to the warrants, Farrow had a sheet around him with his feet sticking out. Farrow was wearing a sock on one foot with no shirt.

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On Jan. 21, police spoke to Farrow's sister, Anisha Cox, 32, who reportedly told police that a woman named Jennifer contacted the family and said that she was present when several individuals assaulted Farrow. Cox said Jennifer told the family that Farrow's clothes and teeth were inside a garbage can at a home near the 1900 block of Bertha Street and there was blood inside the home.

Detectives went to the home, where they spoke to Jennifer Lynn Henderson, 34, and she agreed to speak with detectives at the police department, warrants say. Detectives also spoke to a man, identified as Kenneth Ray Mayo, 66, who, according to police, confirmed that the assault of Farrow took place inside the home and blood was still in the rooms in the rear of the residence. Mayo also agreed to speak with police at the department, reports say.

Warrants say Henderson reported that she was at the Bertha Street home when Farrow left the residence with Edward Maurice Nelson Jr., 31, and other individuals with the purpose of purchasing "Molly," a form of ecstasy. Nelson is also known as “Reese.”

Henderson said they returned a short time later and Nelson told her not to come out of the bedroom. Warrants say Henderson could hear individuals in the residence arguing with Farrow because Farrow had taken them to a vacant home to purchase "Molly." Henderson stated that the individuals were arguing with Farrow because they thought that he had tried to set them up for a robbery, warrants say.

According to court documents, Henderson heard Nelson tell Farrow that he had 30 minutes to pick one member of Nelson's crew to "shoot the ones with," meaning a one-on-one fight, or they would all jump on Farrow.

The warrants add that a period of time later, Henderson heard running and people yelling. She then heard something hit the wall and she could hear someone being punched and slapped. Henderson stated that at one point, she heard Farrow yell: "Please don't kill me Reese. Please don't kill me." Henderson said that she heard Nelson tell Farrow that he told him, again, to pick one person to "shoot the ones with." Henderson stated that Farrow ran out of the home, but he was chased down by the suspects. They took him back into the residence and "she heard a final smack," warrants say.

Henderson said she heard them say that Farrow "was out" and they took him to the back room to "sleep it off," according to warrants.

Henderson told detectives she eventually came out of the bedroom and everyone was drinking and smoking marijuana. Henderson, according to warrants, said she asked Nelson if he was going to kill Farrow and Nelson reportedly replied: "Do you think I would do something like that?"

Henderson said that everyone left the home later and it was just Mayo, Farrow, and her still there. She said she saw blood and teeth on the kitchen floor. Henderson stated that Farrow was lying down in the back room and that he was breathing so loudly that it sounded like it he was using an oxygen machine, warrants say.

Court documents report around 5 a.m. on Jan. 20, Quincy Devorice Valentine, 28, and Rasean Terreze Hall, 27, came back to the residence. Henderson stated they told Mayo and her to go to the bedroom and shut the door because they were going to cook. Documents say "cook" was referring to "cooking powder cocaine into crack cocaine." Henderson reportedly said she heard someone getting smacked, followed by someone saying "Get the [expletive] up," and later tires spinning in a gravel driveway. Henderson said she exited the bedroom and noted that Valentine, Hall, and Farrow were all gone from the residence.

Approximately 30 minutes later, Hall and Valentine came back to the home, but Farrow was no longer with them. They told Henderson they took Farrow to another home to get cleaned up, the warrants read.

Henderson said that she and Mayo were told to clean up the blood in the home. Henderson stated that she purposely did not clean several areas of blood so that there would be evidence at a later date, warrants say.

Mayo was also interviewed by detectives and gave similar facts as Henderson did, even though he was kept in a different bedroom during the incident, warrants say. Mayo reportedly told police that during the assault, he opened the bedroom door and saw all of the suspects assaulting Farrow.

Warrants say Henderson later told detectives that there were at least six other individuals inside the home while Farrow was being assaulted. The only ones that she was certain that were present were Nelson, Valentine, and Hall.

On Jan. 25, Valentine was arrested at the 1000 block of Hutton Street. Warrants say a cellphone was also seized, and that Valentine told police that he knew of Farrow but didn't know anything about the murder. Valentine stated that he was at the home on Bertha Street on Friday, the night of the assault, warrants say.

On Feb. 27, Nelson was arrested at a home on the 1000 block of Hutton Street. An interview was requested with him, but he did not wish to speak with detectives, police allege.

On April 2, Hall was arrested at a home on the 1900 block of Flatrock Street. An interview was attempted, but after he consulted with his attorney, he did not make a statement.

All three men have been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy and first-degree kidnapping. Hall and Valentine were also charged with concealment of a death.